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Can you say which version of Deedplanner this is supposed to work with? I've tried with DeedPlanner 2.9.x (multiple versions) and 2.6.5 with no luck. The link in the post seems to hint at version 2.6.6, so I was hoping 2.6.5 was close enough.. With all of them this tool say the map files are out of date. All I would like to do is generate a large empty map in Deedplanner (I don't care what version) and then paste several exported neighbor villages into the same map. The exported maps are currently loading fine.

Sounds good.

I arrived early and set up a small safe area for alts at the cherry trees. No tundra was harmed in the process. Approaching from N14 does indeed seem to be much shorter, but involves going off-road a little.

This is sad to see. I hope everyone realize this can only be done if you use some very cheesy strategies - what most will consider exploits. I hope we will get a statement from staff on whether this is acceptable behavior. If it is it will mean the rest of us will have to adjust our strategies accordingly. It would also be good to hear an official word on whether the *very questionable* unique fight strategies Sindusk discussed on his channel a while back are considered fair game or exploits.

Auctioning 1804 olives at 65.10 quality. Make superior compasses or just grind your beverage skill! Pickup at i18 or delivery to central Harmony (including Heartland/HB) or the north coast. Starting Bid: 10s Increments: 1s Reserve: none Buyout: none Auction runs for 3 days.

Thanks for listening to the all of us that said that non-overfill favor should be added as it was before. That saved this from being a huge nerf and all around s***show. Currently the overfill mechanic is completely useless and pointless, at least for PvE. It sounds like with the proposed balance changes it could be marginally useful, at least from a QoL point of view of not having to calculate favor exactly (meaning non-bsb items are more relevant). That's good at least. If you knew this needed balancing and you had a proposed fix ready this fast after getting feedback then why on earth didn't you put it on the test server first like *everyone* requested in the announcement thread.. The point still remains. Reduced sacrifice timer is a very small buff (at least for priests without links). The favor overfill is a nice quality-of-life improvement, but hardly a buff in the grand scheme of things. This does not in any way balance the nerfs to linking that was done earlier. I hope you will consider mechanic changes that actually buff priest skill gains (and more quality-of-life improvements will be welcome too of course).

I'm reminded of how Hollywood releases movies.. If they know it's a great movie, they'll let people watch it in limited release and make sure word of mouth gets out. If they know it's a stinker they won't even let reviewers watch it ahead of time and instead just dump it on an unsuspecting audience.

Thanks for the answer.

Better late than never. What's the status on blood/potions from uniques once we start killing those? Will they be broken until this rebalance? Or just not dropping/being craftable until then?

You can send me a message on Sprockerella if you need help getting to the deed. I can pick up people at J18 on the highway between Heartland and Harmony Bay. Or I can help with guidance finding the deed.

Sounds good. From the other thread it sounds like LeafLike and ChampagneDragon/Chloris would like to take part in the cast.

Our alliance has two Fo priests who would like to join a cast. Both at 100 faith. We can cast with 40+ channeling, but others may be higher.

I'm surprised it can be explained that quickly! 🤣

This sounds like you intend it to be a quality-of-life change, but possibly with a hidden agenda. However your proposed changes sounds like it would actually be a nerf in most situations and only situationally beneficial in a few situations. If you want this to be an actually quality of life improvement then make it simple: - Favor from sacrifice goes into your favor pool as before. - Any overflow that doesn't fit in the favor pool goes into a buffer. - If favor drops below max while there's favor in the buffer it gets gradually added at each favor tick. - Favor from buffer should be added to favor relatively quickly or it would be useless for skilling with sleep bonus. - Buffer should have a fair, but relatively high cap and stored favor should expire if favor pool has been full for more than a few minutes. - If you want to add some balance then maybe make faith in the buffer gradually decay over time. This decay could be different on PvE vs. PvP servers if you're concerned about PvP balance. - Maybe the size of your buffer should scale with character faith (or some other relevant stats). This would work exactly the same as before if you sacrifice less than your favor pool can hold. And it would give us some convenience to avoid constant sacrifice. If you're worried about balance in PvP, then please make if so it's balanced differently on PvE servers. If you want to go further with quality of life changes to sacrifice then I would suggest looking into valuation of common items. Right now a lot of items are close to worthless making us focus on sacrificing the few items that make sense. Now that traders don't buy items anymore it could make sense to overhaul the algorithm a bit. It also doesn't help that some priests (Vynora, Mag) don't have good sacrifice items that fit into a bsb, making a lot of people chose items that fit their faith. An overflow buffer would help with that, but it's still not ideal.

1s Edit: too slow, so redacted.

Fair enough on using the nerfbat on going beyond link limit. The other "balance changes" could have waited and been given advance notice considering they completely ruin the way your whales have been approaching priests. I get that it's temporary, but I hope you address this fast as it's really a bad way to treat customers.

(Resposting here, since it seems to be the right thread for it) This has got to be the most ridiculous and short-sighted business decision I have seen in an online game in a very long time. You have whales in the game. People who buy tons of silver and have dozens of accounts. You launch a new set of servers knowing they will be competitive as hell. And then 2.5 weeks into the server you sneak in a mega nerf/fix that specifically targets the whales knowing they paid a lot of money to be competitive. I'm not personally invested in priests, but boy would I be upset if I was. And I can completely understand any big customers wanting to leave the game (or quit trying to compete on the new servers) after being treated this way. Suggestion: - If you think this was an "exploit" then roll back all priests channeling to zero and reimburse people the money/silver for any priest accounts they'd want reimbursed. - If you don't think this was an "exploit" then undo the nerf and give us at least 1-2 month advance notice on the change. The linking system had been in the game for so many years it was considered part of wogic. Just like fountain pans. This is not a complaint about the changes. It is a complaint about how the changes have been handled. Please, for the love of god. Don't get your best customers pissed of and have them leave. Sure you have a lot of new people from Steam, but we all know that 95% of them will be gone in a month or two.

This has got to be the most ridiculous and short-sighted business decision I have seen in an online game in a very long time. You have whales in the game. People who buy tons of silver and have dozens of accounts. You launch a new set of servers knowing they will be competitive as hell. And then 2.5 weeks into the server you sneak in a mega nerf/fix that specifically targets the whales knowing they paid a lot of money to be competitive. I'm not personally invested in priests, but boy would I be upset if I was. And I can completely understand any big customers wanting to leave the game (or quit trying to compete on the new servers) after being treated this way. Suggestion: - If you think this was an "exploit" then roll back all priests channeling to zero and reimburse people the money/silver for any priest accounts they'd want reimbursed. - If you don't think this was an "exploit" then undo the nerf and give us at least 1-2 month advance notice on the change. The linking system had been in the game for so many years it was considered part of wogic. Just like fountain pans. This is not a complaint about the changes. It is a complaint about how the changes have been handled. Please, for the love of god. Don't get your best customers pissed of and have them leave. Sure you have a lot of new people from Steam, but we all know that 95% of them will be gone in a month or two.

Two low ql regular meditation rugs to Sprockerella please.

Just been in contact with Ozmono. Just to clarify: the auction price is for pickup at my village at i18. I can also offer to COD or transport it to Heartland for 50c extra. However the auction bid does not include delivery. Current bid stands at 1s.

Start: 1s Increment: 50c Snipe protection: 10 minutes Pick up from i18 on Harmony OR I can deliver it to Heartland / COD it for 50c extra. No buyout since price is uncertain based on supply/demand right now.

I have this problem too. It's been getting gradually worse - right now I have been trying 20+ times to connect without any luck. Most of the time I get "connection timed out", but sometimes also "connection refused". I know it's not a router/ISP problem since I never have this issue on my laptop. Once I'm in the game I never have any network problems. I did try changing my java connection settings to "direction connection" without any luck. I've had this issue since I started playing Wurm again 3 weeks ago, and it's getting extremely frustrating. Here's the console output: Java Web Start 10.9.2.05 Using JRE version 1.7.0_09-b05 Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM User home directory = C:\Users\Rasmus Bertelsen ---------------------------------------------------- c: clear console window f: finalize objects on finalization queue g: garbage collect h: display this help message m: print memory usage o: trigger logging p: reload proxy configuration q: hide console r: reload policy configuration s: dump system and deployment properties t: dump thread list v: dump thread stack 0-5: set trace level to <n> ---------------------------------------------------- Could not launch from cache. Will try online mode. [Some of required resources are not cached.] Match: beginTraversal Match: digest selected JREDesc: JREDesc[version 1.6+, heap=134217728-838860800, args=null, href=http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se, sel=false, null, null], JREInfo: JREInfo for index 0: platform is: 1.7 product is: 1.7.0_09 location is: http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se path is: C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe args is: null native platform is: Windows, amd64 [ x86_64, 64bit ] JavaFX runtime is: JavaFX 2.2.3 found at C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\ enabled is: true registered is: true system is: true Match: selecting maxHeap: 838860800 Match: selecting InitHeap: 134217728 Match: digesting vmargs: null Match: digested vmargs: [JVMParameters: isSecure: true, args: ] Match: JVM args after accumulation: [JVMParameters: isSecure: true, args: ] Match: digest LaunchDesc: http://www.wurmonline.com/client/wurmclient.jnlp Match: digest properties: [-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true, -Dorg.lwjgl.input.Mouse.allowNegativeMouseCoords=true] Match: JVM args: [JVMParameters: isSecure: false, args: -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -Dorg.lwjgl.input.Mouse.allowNegativeMouseCoords=true] Match: endTraversal .. Match: JVM args final: -Xmx800m -Xms128m -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -Dorg.lwjgl.input.Mouse.allowNegativeMouseCoords=true Match: Running JREInfo Version match: 1.7.0.09 == 1.7.0.09 Match: Running JVM args match the secure subset: have:<-Xms128m -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -Dorg.lwjgl.input.Mouse.allowNegativeMouseCoords=true -Xmx800m -Xms128m -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true> satisfy want:<-Xmx800m -Xms128m -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -Dorg.lwjgl.input.Mouse.allowNegativeMouseCoords=true> Time is Sun Dec 16 18:00:16 CET 2012 Running client version 3.1.76-4476 === System information === Executing from C:\Windows\system32\ Operating system: Windows 7 (arch: amd64, version: 6.1) Java version: 1.7.0_09 (Oracle Corporation) <http://java.oracle.com/> Jvm version: 23.5-b02 (Oracle Corporation) [Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM] Available CPUs: 8 >>> Main thread exiting. Loading character DKSprocket Loading config default Loading props file C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Wurm\configs\default\gamesettings.txt JNLPClassLoader: Finding library lwjgl64.dll Loading props file C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Wurm\players\DKSprocket\password.txt >>> LoginFrame queue entry exiting. CacheEntry[http://patch.wurmonline.com/packs/graphics.jar.idx]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Sun Dec 16 17:51:01 CET 2012,length=65517 CacheEntry[http://patch.wurmonline.com/packs/sound.jar.idx]: updateAvailable=true,lastModified=Sun Dec 16 17:51:01 CET 2012,length=3473 Saving props file C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Wurm\players\DKSprocket\password.txt Saving props file C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Wurm\configs\default\gamesettings.txt Loaded pack sound.jar (r1) Loaded pack graphics.jar (r1103) Options up-to-date! Loading props file C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Wurm\players\DKSprocket\playerdata.txt Loading props file C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Wurm\players\DKSprocket\stats.txt Preparing to enable console logging. Now logging to C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Wurm\console.DKSprocket.log === Wurm options === animation_playback_self = 2 auto_mipmaps_enabled = 2 auto_run_source = 0 cavedetail = 0 censor_chat = false cloud_shadows = false collada_animations = 1 color_black = 0.0,0.0,0.0 color_cyan = 0.0,1.0,1.0 color_error = 1.0,0.3,0.3 color_fuchsia = 1.0,0.0,1.0 color_green = 0.08,1.0,0.08 color_grey = 0.5,0.5,0.5 color_lime = 0.0,1.0,0.0 color_maroon = 0.5,0.0,0.0 color_navy_blue = 0.23,0.39,1.0 color_orange = 1.0,0.5,0.0 color_purple = 0.5,0.0,0.5 color_red = 1.0,0.0,0.0 color_royal_blue = 0.23,0.39,1.0 color_silver = 0.75,0.75,0.75 color_system = 0.5,1.0,0.5 color_teal = 0.0,0.5,0.5 color_white = 1.0,1.0,1.0 color_yellow = 1.0,1.0,0.0 compressed_textures = false compressed_textures_S3TC = true custim_timer_source = 1 customTimer1 = Meditation|1800000 customTimer2 = 5 Hours|18000000 customTimer3 = Pray|1200000 customTimer4 = -1|-1 customTimer5 = -1|-1 debug_mode = false depth_clamp_enabled = 2 display_settings = false:false:0:1776:1000:32:-1:false:true eigc_enabled = false enable_debugs = false enable_shift_drag = true enable_vsync = false engine_multithreaded = 0 event_log_rotation = 2 exec_source = 0 fast_yield = false fbo_enabled = 2 fog_coord_src = 0 font_antialias = 2 font_bold = 11 font_default = 11 font_header = 24 font_italian = 11 font_monospaced = 11 font_static = 11 fov_horizontal = 80 fps_limit = 30 fps_limit_background = 15 fps_limit_enabled = true game_client_thread_priority = 2 glsl_enabled = 2 gui_opacity = 3 gui_skin = 1 has_read_eula = true hide_menu_examine = false hide_menu_no_target = false hide_menu_spam_mode = false hide_menu_stop = false high_res_binoculars = true hint_texture_scaling = 1 impColumn = true inverse_mouse = false irc_log_rotation = 2 irc_notif = 0 item_creature_render_distance = 4 key_bindings_source = 0 keyboard_layout = 0 loadInventoryStartup = true local_list_in_event = false log_extra_errors = false log_gl_errors = false mark_text_read = true material_as_suffix = true max_texture_size = 0 mega_texture_size = 4 model_loader_thread_priority = 1 model_loading_threads = 4 multidraw_enabled = 2 no_brightness = false no_terrain_render = false no_world_render = false non_power_of_two = 2 occlusion_queries_enabled = 2 offscreen_texture_size = 0 other_log_rotation = 2 outline_picking = true pbuffer_enabled = true player_guest = false player_texture_resolution = 2 reflection_texture_size = 0 reflections = 0 release_context = false release_context_on_jogl_sleep = false remember_password = true render_distant_terrain = true render_glow = false render_sun_glare = false resident_models = false save_skills_on_quit = true screenshot_file_format = 1 season_override = 0 setting_timestamps = true settings_version = 3 shadow_level = 0 shift_drag_default = 10 showKChat = true silent_friends_update = false skillgain_minimum = 5 skillgain_no_alignment = false skillgain_no_favor = true skydetail = 2 sound_al_gain = 5 sound_buzzlevel = 2 sound_cache_enabled = true sound_doppler_enabled = false sound_engine = 2 sound_footstepslevel = 10 sound_play_ambients = false sound_play_buzz = false sound_play_combat = true sound_play_door = true sound_play_emotes = true sound_play_footsteps = true sound_play_music = false sound_play_weather = false sound_play_work = true stipple_enabled = true structure_render_distance = 0 submit_client_data = 1 terrain_bump = true terrain_res = 2 test_attach_equipment = false test_mode = 0 tile_transitions = false tiledecorations = 1 togglePushToTalk = true treelist_outline = true trees = 0 update_optional = true use_alpha_particles = false use_anisotropic_filtering = 1 use_antialiasing = 0 use_color_picking = true use_fast_clock_work_around = true use_fbo_color_picking = true use_fbo_reflections = true use_nagles_algorithm = false use_nano_timer = false use_non_alpha_particles = false use_phobia_models = false use_tree_models = true use_weather_particles = true vbo_enabled = 2 viewport_bob = true water_detail = 2 Setting up dotXSI Model Loader Setting up Collada Model Loader Executing C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Wurm\configs\default\keybindings.txt Translating legacy key ENTER to RETURN Translating legacy key PAGE_UP to PRIOR Translating legacy key PAGE_DOWN to NEXT Texture is too small to fit all font characters. 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NIce to see Wurm at the top. However it's a little sad they're lumping all types of "sandbox" games together. The term "sandbox" is really used to describe two very different types of gameplay: "Sandbox" in the Wurm sense means being able to craft anything, anywhere, terraform the ground and pretty much doing whatever the hell we want. The other definition of "sandbox" is no rules for pvp, meaning you can kill anyone, anywhere at any time. This also means no levels, no scripted gameplay, no hand-crafted quests etc. Now it is true that there is some overlap between the two. For example Ultima Online had open world free-for-all pvp (outside cities) and a fairly sophisticated crafting system. Some other free-for-all pvp games have pretty sophisticated crafting as well (Eve online for example), but it's not the core gameplay, such as it is in crafting MMOs like Wurm Online. Also almost all of the free-for-all PvP sandbox games are trying to replicate "the good old days" of Ultima Online. Usually because the developers used to play it back then and fell in love with it. It's sort of a sliding scale between the two, but I would categorize them like this: Heavily crafting oriented: - Wurm Online - A Tale in the Desert (pretty big omission you can't vote for that) Roughtly 50/50 Mixed: - Xsyon - Salem (not on the list either) Somewhat balanced towards PvP: - Eve Online - Ultima Online Heavily PvP oriented: - Mortal Online - Darkfall Online The most extreme on the list seems to be A Tale in the Desert (no PvP at all, in fact no combat whatsoever) and Darkfall Online (Almost entirely PvP, but extremely simple crafting, allthough resources from cities are quite important). I don't know Perpetuum and StarQuest at all, so can't rate those. Ryzom is level based I think, but I don't know if crafting/pvp dominates the game. It seems a little odd to have it on the list. Isn't Entropia like Second Life, except with heavy focus on real-life money? Seems really weird to have it on the list, since it's hardly a "game" as I understand it. The PvE / Complex Crafting genre isn't very popular since Star Wars Galaxies went under, but I guess Ryzom fits in that category.

Reddit is a fickle lady. You have to court her properly to get her attention.

Reddit is an enormous Internet community and a lot of the people there are passionate gamers. The Minecraft subsection alone has 260k subscribers. There's a lot of love of indie games so they should be quite receptive of Wurm. They have a section for doing "question and answers" which is called an AMA on Reddit ("ask me anything"). The only rule for doing one is that you're open to questions about everything, but you can certainly chose to ignore questions you don't want to answer (but users can "upvote" questions they'd like answered so ignoring popular questions tend to look bad). A lot of big and small people/companies have used it in the past and the self-moderation system usually works extremely well. If Rolf did an AMA there around the time of the 1.0 launch I'm sure it would get a lot of attention. Especially if it's properly announced to the moderators of the subreddit ahead of time so they can put it in the sidebar. A reminder post or two in /r/Minecraft probably wouldn't hurt as well. I have just posted about the 1.0 release here: http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/149ay4/after_65_years_in_beta_wurm_online_officially/ - if you have a Reddit account feel free to drop by with an upvote and possibly comment on it. There's also a /r/Wurm subreddit, but no one ever use it. Cheers, Zaugurz (dksprocket on Reddit)